Barnes Coaches Limited
Reference number: 571720
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Appointed representative
This firm does not hold FCA authorisation of its own, and acts under a principal firm, which is legally responsible for its regulated business.
Responsible principal firm
WRIGHTSURE SERVICES (HAMPSHIRE) LIMITED Reference number: 311394 View firm →What does this mean?
- An appointed representative (AR) can carry out regulated financial services, but is not directly authorised by the FCA. A principal firm holds the authorisation and is legally responsible for the AR's conduct.
- Barnes Coaches Limited (FRN 571720) is an AR of WRIGHTSURE SERVICES (HAMPSHIRE) LIMITED (FRN 311394). When you use Barnes Coaches's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Barnes Coaches, complaints and compensation usually follow the same rules as dealing with the principal, but this depends on the product and your circumstances.
- Before you proceed, confirm contact details match the official FCA register for both firms. Scammers sometimes clone legitimate AR names and FRNs but use fake phone numbers and websites.
Website, phone number and address
Compare these against whatever you were given. Scammers clone real firm names and reference numbers but use their own phone number and website, so a detail that does not match the register is the clearest warning sign there is.
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Phone number
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Address
Unit E, Woodside Road, South Marston Park, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN3 4AQ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When barnescoaches.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01793 821303 is
- Who else gives the postcode SN3 4AQ
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Wrightsure Services (Hampshire) Limited, the principal firm responsible for this firm's regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
FCA disciplinary action and complaints
No FCA disciplinary action.
The Financial Ombudsman Service only publishes complaint figures for firms with 30 or more new complaints in six months, so there are none here for this firm.
Companies House record
The company behind the firm: its status, age, registered office and directors.
- Company number
- 01626089 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 31 March 1982 (44 years old)
- Registered office
- 2 Communications Road, Greenham Business Park, Newbury, Berkshire, RG19 6AB, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Other passenger land transport (SIC 49390)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Luke Edward Barnes | Director | Dec 1979 | 1 Apr 2007 | 2 other companies |
| Matthew Thomas Barnes | Director | Jun 1978 | 1 Apr 2007 | 2 other companies |
| Lynette Gillian Krige | Director | Sep 1966 | 12 Sep 2025 | 36 other companies |
| Keith Michael Dorling | Director | Mar 1965 | 14 Sep 2026 | 32 other companies |
Other companies run by these 4 directors
A firm is run by people, and their other companies are their track record: what they built, what closed, and anything that failed. It is the check most people never think to make.
- other companies
- 44
- closed down
- 1
- are FCA-registered
- 3
In the full report: all 44 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 4 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 3 on the FCA register
- The 26 companies these 4 directors run together
- All 9 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Barnes Coaches’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2017
30 August 2017
- Barnes (Aldbourne) Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
- Lionel Thomas Barnes no longer has significant control
- Luke Edward Barnes no longer has significant control
- Matthew Thomas Barnes no longer has significant control
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Lionel Thomas Barnes gained significant control
- Luke Edward Barnes gained significant control
- Matthew Thomas Barnes gained significant control
Companies House
2011
21 December 2011
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
1982
31 March 1982
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 21 events
- All 21 events in its history (9 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 12
Firms connected to Barnes Coaches
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Barnes Coaches. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- share a director
- 2
- past link
- 1
In the full report: all 2 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (2)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
- 1 past link through former directors
Firms like Barnes Coaches
Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.
In Swindon
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- 44 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 21 events in its history
- 2 connected firms, named, and who links them
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Sources and links
- Its entry on the FCA register register.fca.org.uk
- Its Companies House record gov.uk
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk